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Does anyone else pronounce "Soldering" as "Saudering"?
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TimFox:

--- Quote from: IanB on November 14, 2023, 06:50:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:41:04 pm ---4.  The most important historical difference between Imperial Units and US customary units is probably the gallon:  The US customary gallon is 3.8 liters, while the Imperial Gallon is 4.54 liters.
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Some may be unaware that the Imperial gallon is a decimal unit, since 1 Imp. gal. weighs exactly 10 lb by definition  ;D

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That makes the US customary gallon a binary unit, since 1 US gallon = 8 US pints weighs approximately 8 lb.
I tried to convince some Japanese co-workers that the inch was more modern than the centimeter, since inches are usually divided into binary and hexadecimal fractions, e.g. 16ths.
themadhippy:
I blame the french,if they hadnt been ripping us off by  flogging us there plonk in smaller gallons then none of this confusion would have existed.
soldar:

--- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:41:04 pm ---Once again, an ignorant comment from a foreigner about American weights and measures.
1.  The United States went officially metric in 1959 (but forgot to tell anyone).
2.  Current US law (from 1975) requires metric units on retail packaging, but allows "customary units" (such as ounces) on the label in the same type size.
3.  "Imperial Units" are a feature of the British Empire and Commonwealth.  The United States has "customary units" that are similar but not identical.
4.  The most important historical difference between Imperial Units and US customary units is probably the gallon:  The US customary gallon is 3.8 liters, while the Imperial Gallon is 4.54 liters.
5.  The US President who abolished the Metric Board, absent popular clamor for metric adoption, is spelled "Reagan".  "Regan" is one of the evil daughters in "King Lear".

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Regan
Regan was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1981 to 1985 and the White House Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 under Ronald Reagan.
soldar:

--- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:54:55 pm ---That makes the US customary gallon a binary unit, since 1 US gallon = 8 US pints weighs approximately 8 lb.
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1 US gallon = 3.785 litres
8 lb = 3.627 kg
Not that close.
TimFox:

--- Quote from: soldar on November 14, 2023, 08:22:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:54:55 pm ---That makes the US customary gallon a binary unit, since 1 US gallon = 8 US pints weighs approximately 8 lb.
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1 US gallon = 3.785 litres
8 lb = 3.627 kg
Not that close.

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Which part of "approximately" did you not understand?
The actual definition of a US customary gallon is its volume, defined as 231 in3.
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